]]>By: vikinggroininjuryhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3061334
Sat, 04 Jan 2014 20:54:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3061334The Niner Pansies think they can just walk into Lambeau and take a win? You need more than a week to acclimate to the weather. The Packers HAVE BEEN practicing outdoors which is much more than SF.

This B.S. I read from the SF crowd about temps not making a difference is just that. You west coast clowns have no idea what it is like to be in this weather and how to function in it.

And for those of you crying about the Packers being undeserving to host this game…..well better luck next year, maybe you’ll win your division.

Not one of these eight teams playing today and tomorrow will win next weekend.
True form will prevail and Seattle, Denver, NE and Carolina will pick apart this bunch.

]]>By: rrthomasxyzhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3060342
Sat, 04 Jan 2014 06:25:35 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3060342I ran in 20 below degree with (3 X 5 miles a day for 5 days) and once you get into the run, you sweat and don’t even feel the cold….believe me there won’t be much time between plays though, you have to keep moving.
]]>By: rrthomasxyzhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3060340
Sat, 04 Jan 2014 06:22:37 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-306034049er’s beat Green Bay but there is no way SF is coming into CenturyLink with Percy Harvin back for SEA and beat the Seahawks….dream on 49whiners.
]]>By: skins1970http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3060186
Sat, 04 Jan 2014 04:15:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3060186These will be the Wildcard Weekend Winners..

KC Chiefs
New Orleans Saints
Cincinnati Bengals
San Fransisco 49ers

]]>By: jikkle49http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3059756
Sat, 04 Jan 2014 00:17:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3059756Packers are 3-4 at Lambeau when kickoff is 6 degrees and lower so it’s not like the cold weather really works to their advantage.

The weather aspect is being overrated because once you start getting into the negative degrees weather wise it’s unbearably cold for both teams and you don’t get “used” to it.

]]>By: salbright45http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3058960
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 20:20:42 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3058960Sir Pancho doesn’t seem to realize that Packer fans would love to see Their team knock The 9ers out, watch Harbaugh loose his mind, and get a chance at another round. We know the D needs some strange bounces, but that is why they put pointy ends on the ball. See Ya’ll Monday!
]]>By: 4d9erdynastyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3058632
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 19:12:27 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3058632Not buying this whole weather going to be a huge difference maker deal. Packers fans are trying to grasp onto anything to keep high hopes of winning the game. The thing is most of the players on GB probably dont even live in GB. They practice indoors. They only play in a couple more cold games a year. Its going to be cold for everybody. I think the advantage goes to 49ers. They are a run first team and have a way better front 7 on defense. GB is a pass first team and if they rely on the pass game it will be tough. Rodgers is going to be throwing leather icebergs out there. Its going to be tougher throwing the ball and catching the ball on sunday. Anything can happen on any given sunday but stop this whole weather is a huge advantage to the packers.
]]>By: cursedvikings1998http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3057710
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:08:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3057710The NFL has decided that Jeff Triplette will be allowed to be the ref for the Bengals game even though:

1. He completely messed up an important call, giving BenJarvus Green-Ellis a touchdown he shouldn’t have had.

2. He has a history of horrible blown calls, or

3. He’s just a bad apple

Therefore, the NFL is RIGGED.

]]>By: rainponcho87http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3057590
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 15:44:17 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3057590Who cares what packer fans think how this game will turn out. If you need the cold to win undeserved playoff games, your organization is pathetic. And you will lose the next week anyway to a better team under more normal conditions.
]]>By: packerfanfordecadeshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3056961
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 10:06:19 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3056961The kick-off temperature forecast in Green Bay is negative single digits …. maybe -3 or -4 … and going down during the game.

I just got back from a 30 minute walk with the pooch and it happened to be -3 degrees in Racine, Wisconsin tonight. No wind to speak of tonight …. but they expect a decent breeze Sunday

I was cold out there tonight with the dog even without wind and even though I had 5 layers on. But I’m sort of used to it because Wisconsin has been frozen solid for a month now. So, the Packer’s team is used to it too.

I don’t think anyone on the 49er team is used to it even if they grew up in Wisconsin. It’s been in the 60s all week in San Francisco. That’s the kind of weather the SF players’ bodies are conditioned for, not what they might have lived in 5-7-10 years ago.

I guarantee you that if I took a week vacation in 65 degree weather and then flew back home here and jumped out of the airport into -3 degree weather, it would feel MUCH MUCH MUCH colder than if I had stayed home and kept walking the dog every day in the deep freeze.

IMHO, players on both sides of the ball are going to be effected by the temperature this Sunday. It’s a huge effect that is going to overpower all the team statistics from the regular season. It’s a leveler. It’s going to knock down the scoring on both sides. There will be lots of loose balls rolling around and interceptions with balls bouncing off frozen-stiff fingers and all those things.

So, my expectation is that the scores will stay low enough for either team to pull it out in the last 4 minutes of the game. Then it’s going to come down to who the mentally toughest, most determined guys are and who is cheering to raise their spirits at the close of the game.

It’s true I’m biased … but having admitted that, I just can’t help but believe that in that 4th quarter, the temperature thing and the roaring crowd is going to mentally defeat a few of the SF guys and that will make a difference.

It made a difference in the first Ice Bowl. I watched that game. I recall getting the impression during that 1967 game that some of the Dallas guys started thinking, especially in the second half, about getting into a warm place instead of keeping 100% of their focus on the game.

Holy cow … just looked up the Green Bay forecast for Sunday again and the temps went down AGAIN. Now kick-off temperature is probably down around -9 or -10 and it could be -12 or -15 by the 4th quarter. And there will be a decent wind chill on top of that. That’s right back into the same range as the 1967 game. In that game, the refs couldn’t use their metal whistles because their lips froze to the metal.

Man, I’m just telling you, down in that temperature range, it doesn’t matter what the regular season stats were. It’s going to rest on determination and mental focus and harvesting motivation from the crowd support. I think what’s going to get exposed is that the Packers are arriving to this contest plenty p++s+d off at having lost three times in a row to the 49ers. That anger + the roaring crowd will fight off the cold in the 4th quarter.

I think the Pack wins 17-13.

.

]]>By: dontcountemouthttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3056877
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:17:21 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3056877Chargers had a 1% chance of making the playoffs one month ago but they are in. I give them a 10% chance of beating the Naty. Thats 10x’s better odds of beating Naty than making the playoffs. 10×10 is 100, that is pretty good odds that they will win? DO THE MATH MAN
]]>By: boldgreenandgoldhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3056788
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 04:44:01 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3056788Shut up with this undeserved homefield advantage crap. You guys sound ridiculous. If a team wants a home game, it should beat the rival teams it plays twice a year and earn it like the Division CHAMPS did. On that note, I predict the SF-GB game to be a down-to-the-wire affair. Although the 49ers have bullied my beloved Packers in the last 3 meetings, and our very porous defense, I believe Aaron Rodgers is back and ready to lead this team to heights it hasn’t seen since 2010. The adversity overcome by this team staying alive (or other NFC North teams shooting themselves in the foot, repeatedly) is too wild to think it will end Sunday. I’m a Packers fan, but it just seems fitting. Regardless the outcome, this will be the best game of the weekend, and the best game of the playoffs. Prepare for a battle ladies and gentlemen.
]]>By: apmhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3056403
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:46:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3056403If the Packers home field advantage is undeserved, then chuck the divisions and group everyone into one 16 team division in each conference, EPL style.
]]>By: akasaintsbabyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3056385
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:37:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3056385Saints have a run game if they ever choose to use it.
]]>By: bcajunhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3056340
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:17:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3056340Why is if the Saints win its an upset…id think the other way around after all the eagles almost lost to the cowgirls
]]>By: ckruszkahttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3056242
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:44:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3056242Saints win first playoff road game. They are due.
]]>By: omeimontishttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3056145
Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:19:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3056145The Packers are 4-4 at Lambeau in the playoffs in the 21st century. The frozen tundra has not worked very well lately.
]]>By: kws1949http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3055992
Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:43:26 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3055992forgotten whiners are in trouble on the frozen tundra. CarpOnick is already bemoaning the cold. Cross them off your list.
]]>By: wcmanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3055864
Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:57:41 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3055864So let me get this straight:

The 49ers have beaten GB 3 straight times with Rodgers and all his weapons yet this time will be different because Rodgers and Cobb are back? You do know the Packers defense will be on the field too, right Florio?

The Niners are a physical run first team that is made for bad weather and pass first GB is somehow better equipped for a game like this? Sure Lacy has been good, but their offense revolves around the passing game and the Niners are excellent against the run. Huge advantage for the Niners here.

So to summarize, we know why Florio was so horrible picking games this year and is planning to start the playoff portion the same way.

]]>By: hopper15http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3055727
Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:17:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3055727A bad packers defense without their best defender is going to hold to the niners to 17 points?

lol that is a pipe dream.

]]>By: gandorfhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3055516
Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:16:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3055516If the team that beat the Colts, Chiefs (first game), and Broncos shows up the Chargers win. Otherwise it’s another one and done.
]]>By: jordache49http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3055477
Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:05:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-305547749ers win their 4TH in a row vs GB. SF is just too physical. The cold is gonna hurt GB more IMO. No fun facing physical fronts in freezing weather. Plus, 49ers have longest winning streak heading into playoffs. Something to say about peaking this time of year.

And everyone giving GB the edge with cold weather, they practice indoors and majority of the roster is from warm weather Universities. We’re not talkin about guys born and raised in Wisconsin. Lacy is gonna be hating the cold weather hits.

]]>By: 4d9erdynastyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3055476
Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:04:52 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3055476Yes I know Rodgers is back but the ? for the Packers is the defense. The niner O had there best game vs the packers this season. Its going to come down to who runs the ball better. Last nine games packers D has allowed seven 100 yard rushers, Niners have not allowed a 100 yard rusher all season. Last 10 games packers D has allowed 301 points, Niners 154. Niners 27 Packers 20
]]>By: 15to12http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/02/pfts-wild-card-picks-3/#comment-3055274
Thu, 02 Jan 2014 20:16:05 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2234448#comment-3055274Opponents were having to blitz to sack Matt Flynn. Look out. Expect SF to come out hot. Expect them not to want to come out in the second half. Do you want to tackle Eddie lacy in -15 ????
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